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The Air We Breathe: Discipling our Kids in a Secular World.

Show Notes Guest: Glen Scrivener — Director of Speak Life, evangelist, YouTuber, and author of The Air We Breathe Topics […]

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Welcoming Incoming Sixth Graders Into Student Ministry

If I’m honest, in nearly 20 years of student ministry, one of the issues I’ve consistently wrestled with is how […]

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Back to School Prayer: How to Bless Your Kids at Drop-Off

It was 2010 when my wife and I dropped off our first child at kindergarten. It was a difficult season […]

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Three Questions Every Parent Should Ask at the Start of a New School Year

Fall is all about new starts. As a dad of a new kindergartener, I’m feeling this in real time. As […]

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How to Disciple Kids in the Era of Phubbing

I’ve learned a new word this year: phubbing. It doesn’t sound scientific, perhaps not even real. But actual studies are […]

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Rebuilding Your Fall Plan Around Formation, Not Activity

I recently had a conversation with a children’s minister friend about communicating with parents in the fall. She lamented that […]

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What New Families Notice in the First 10 Minutes

A new-to-the-area family decides to try out your church on Sunday. They are loaded up in the minivan, bellies full […]

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The Carpool Question I Pray Every Kid Keeps Asking

I love morning carpool. That 20-minute ride to school has produced some great conversations with my 16-year-old daughter and her […]

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Christian Biographies for Kids: Why They Matter

Books take you places. Want to visit Victorian England? Pick up a copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens […]

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How to Teach the Gospel to Preschoolers

Some may think teaching the gospel to a preschooler is difficult. How do you do it? What words do you […]

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What to Say When Your Child Doubts Christianity

She came into my bedroom with a serious look on her face. As a dad of four daughters, I’ve seen […]

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You Can't Pray for a Country You Don't Know Exists

Kids have questions. I mean, lots of questions. When my son was four, I think he broke the world record […]

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And There Arose Another Generation: Raising Disciplemakers to Go

It’s not uncommon for me to adopt a Bible reading plan each year, as I’m certain many of you do […]